The ISIS economy pulls in $80 million A MONTH in revenue for the terror group

ISIS (also known as ISIL, Islamic State, and Daesh) is a
terrorist organisation that has managed to grow in size rapidly
because it has an abundance of funding.

In fact, one of the reasons that US, Britain, and other countries
are launching a series of air strikes in Syria is to destroy one
of the main ways ISIS gets its revenue — oil trucks and fields.

According to astonishing new research, ISIS rakes in $80 million
(£53 million) per month.

Around $1.1 million (£730,793) per day is made
from just oil revenue alone.

Research house IHS unveiled the figures this week, and
pointed out that the amount of revenue and the way ISIS funds
itself makes it unlikely any other Islamist terrorist group out
there. This is because while most, like Al Qaeda, relies on
donations for funding its operations, ISIS is self-sufficient.

"Unlike al-Qaeda, the Islamic State has not been dependent
on money from foreign donors, to avoid leaving it vulnerable to
their influence," said Columb Strack, senior analyst at IHS in a
report, cited by the
Financial Times.